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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

the end, it could not be bored out. He
drove the bit of sharp edge into some
moist earth, and then built fire around
the projecting part. The wood was soon
charred so that it was easily removed.
The moist earth so protected the temp
cred part of the ak that it sustained nc
injury.
On Mount Whitney, the highest
mountain in California, at level of IA,
900 feet above the sea and 1900 feet
above the timber line, where there is
no soil and no moisture save snow and
hail and ice, there grows little flower,
gaudy in colors of red, purple and blue.
1t is called Jacobs ladder, and its fra
GRANGE partakes of the white jasmine.
1t blooms alone, for it not only has no
floral associates, but there is no crea-
ture, not even bird or insect, to keep it
company.
A STRANGE coincidence recently oc-
Cured in divorce case before Massa-
chusetts court The defendent bore the
historic name of Daniel Webster.
Strangely enough the woman who sued
for divorce was Catherine LIE Rov,
which name was borne by the second
wife of the great New Hampshire orator
and statesman. So far as could be learn
ed, the plaintiff and defendant are not
in any way related to the famous people
whose names they bear.
EZRA B. STILES of Skaneateles, N. Y,
claims to be the Oldest Mason on this
continent, if not in the world He be
came Mason in September, 1917, in a
lodge held in Augusta, N. Y, and in
the following winter joined the Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons in New Hart
ford, so he has been a Mason nearly
seventy years. Mr.. Styles was 81 years
old, the 18th day of March last, and is
hearty.
AN ENGLISH experimenter finds that
contrary to general opinion, growth of
ivy over q house renders the interior
entirely free from moisture; the ivy ex-
tracts every possible particle of moisture
from wood, brick or stone for its own
by means of the tiny roots,
which work their way into even the
hardest stone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
News for the Ast0rs.

The rural idea of themanner in which
the Astors and Vanderbats live is anus
| inc, and will doubtless be highly fiat
tering to the persons named. A man
travelling "down in Arkansaw" heard
two old women talking before cabin
door. One of them with clay pipe
between her lips, said:
cit do beat all hOwsome folkses has ev'ry-
thing q mortal body could asst fer, while
others like you an me, Mis- Peterby, is
poorer'n Jobs turkey all the born days
of our lives. No you've been heern tell
of them Vanderbilts an Astors there in
New York, amt you?'
"Dunno but l have" said ''Mis Peter
by"
''Well, I've lately heern some things
bout how they carry on. My man he
got it straight from Zimri Perkins an
Tim he got it from his wifes brothers
uncle's newly, who takes a printed
paper in New York, so must be true.
81 amt doubt of it."
'EWen, if you'll b'leeve me, old Mis-
Vanderbilt don't purtend to even wash
her own dishes. She don't even make
her own bed-her nor Mis- AstOr neither
and they both sleep in pink velvet night
gownds, trimmed in lace at thousand
dollars yard, and embroidered in dia-
minis that cost millions on millions"
"The good land =
eyes, sir An Mis- Astor's bed-stid
is solid gold with dammit knobs on it
as big as goose eggs, an ev'ry time she
goes out she has twenty coal-black
horses hitched to her solid gold charyot,
and she stands up in it dressed all in
white satin, with her hair hangin' down
her back, a THROWN twentydollar gold
pieces to the beggars."
"Naw?"
"'Deed an its true-evry word of 1t.
And when Mr.. and Mis- Vanderbilt goes
out they have their carriage drawn by
forty milk-white steeds with a coal
black nigger with a dammit ring in his
nose leadin' ev'Ty horse; and Vanderbilt
he laws back on his velvet cushion
smokin' pipe that cost clean bill
lion"
"You don't mean it."
81 do that. Oh, [ tell you its q fine
thing to be rich, Mis- Peterby; an [
reckon alike as you an med carry on
jest like that, if we had the means to do
it with"
Like enuff, like enuff-anyhow, I
know I'd have me good green and red
bingham gown, an all the salt mack'rel
[ could eat fer once"
can I'd git me some ginyuine Scotch
snuff, an some red glass year-bobs, l
would. it'd Bits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
The Consumption of Liquor.

Mr. ". +. Switzler, chief OF the Blu
reau of Statistics at Washington, has
embodied i'll his last quarterly report
some interesting and valuable statistics
as to the consumption of liquor. He es-
Inmates that in 1910 the consumption of
distilled spirits was AZ, coo 900 gallons;
in 1870, $4,000, 900: in 1886, y, GC0,O
The consumption of malt liquors in 1910
WIS %, 1000, 900; in 1870, 2O4, 900, 900; in
1886, 642, 100000. The consumption
ofwines was 100000 in 1910, 12,OOO,-
900 in 1870, and 100000 in 1886.
The real significance of these figures
lies, of course, in the ratio which the to-
tai consumption has borne to the popula-
ton. The per capita consumption of
distilled spirits has decreased from 2. 80
in 1910 to 1.24 in 1886. The consump-
ton of malt liquors, on the contrary,
increased from 1.36 gallons in 1910 to
II gallons in 1886. The consumption
Of wine increased during the first part
of this period, but during the last de-
cade it has declined. Mr.. Switzler pub
fishes also in his report a contribution
from Mr.. NJ. F. Barrett, editor of the
american Grocer, relating to the cost of
alcoholic beverages to American con
srmers. Mr.. Barrett estimates that ten
per cent. of the spirits distilled is used
for mechanical purposes, but thinks
that this amount is more than made up
by the water added to the whiskey. He
therefore estimstes that the consumers
pay for the entire seventy-fve million
gallons distilled an average of $3.50
per gallon, or seven and one-half cents
per drink. This makes the whiskey
bill 1887, 100000. With reference to
beer, he assumes that the avarage cost
of a gallon to the consumers fifty cents.
The beer bill, therefore, is $780,
100000. The wines he calculates are
sold for $3S, 600, O00-thus reaching a
grand total of S693, 600, 900. Mr.. Bar
rett supposes that this liquor is con
sumed by IA, 925, 900 of our population,
so that each of these spends an average
of $3.50 for his liquor. This estimate
of seven hundred millions as the liquor
bill of the nation practically agrees with
that made by Mr.. Atkinson. His esti-
mate of the cost of spirits may be a lit
tie exaggerated, but on the whole it is
the safest and most sensible estimate
which has yet been made.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
THE oUTGRowTH OF VAST EXPERIENCE.

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the lnvalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladieS
Dr. Pierce's FaVOrite Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands of
testimonials received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baffled their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as cure-all," but
as a most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
AS a powerful, invigOTating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
'worn-out," rundown" debilitatcd teach
ers, milliners, dressmakerS, seamstresseS,
"shOp-girls," housckeepCrs, nursing moth
ers and feeble women generally, Nr.
Pierces Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequallcd as an
appetiZing cordial and restorative tonic 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation of food.
Address. SyRFE,EssS EeHSP]
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
North Carolina Mountain Butter.

Bill Nye, in the Chicago NeocS, says
AS warm weather approaches the noun
tain butter of North Carolina is getting
its hair cut short, and l can truthfully
say, Henry, that, although am no cpl
cure as a general rule, [ have had my
palate tickled more since | came here
than | ever did before. Butter made in
the Businesses of the hills in Buncombe
County is mostly of pale pearl gray,
with II pin-stripe IN it of ultramarine.
This does not look badly and it sets off
n hoecaBe first iAte.
This butter is not eaten by the people
who manufacture 1t. They are poor
sometimes, and ht to eat most any
thing that will sustain life, but they
draw the line at this butter. They know
how it is prepared.
l went out into the brush last week to
buy load of wood, and took tea with
Il gentleman who lives i'll an open-face
cottage on the other side of the noun
tains. L then discovered that these PEG
pie do not eat their own butter. L dld
not notice any butter, but they had
gravy us substitute for it. Corn-dodger
in and of itself will not melt i'll the
mouth, so | looked around for means
Of lubIicatiug my own. At that time the
warm hearted and hospitable host made
the following remark: stranger, you
mustr be squeamish. just waller yer
dodger IN one dope. That's the way We
do.
4
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
A Builders Lesson.

"How shall l a habit break?"
As you did that habit make.
As you gathered, you must loose;
AS you yielded, now refuse.
Thread by thread the strands we twisS
Till they bind us, neck and wrist;
Thread by thread the patient hand
Must untwine, ere free we stand.
As we buiided, stone by stone,
We must toll, unhelped, alone,
Till the wall is overthrown,
But remember. as we try,
Lighter every task goes by:
Wading in, the stream grows deep
Toward the centers downward sweep;
Backward turn, each step ashore.
Shallower is than that before.
All, the precious years we waste
Leveling what we raised in haste;
Doing what must be undone
Ere content or love be wont
First across the gulf we cast
Kite borne threads, till mes are passed,
And habit builds the bridge at last!
= Vide AlCaIs-.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
An UnWritten Law.

A writer in one of orr medical jour
nails slys that it is considered by all
physicians impossible to lay down any
rules for health which may he followed
safely by all persons. Health depends
largely upon the diet. Some persons
cannot eat newly baked bread; others
cannot eat it when stale. Much fresh
meat with some constitutions induces
f1llness of the head and feyerish state
of the system, because it makes blood
to- fast. 1t should therefore be dis
carded, and little salt meat or fish, if
the appetite Graves it, with fresh frdit
and vegetables, will be found probably
just what the system requires. In
truth, with health, as in many other
things, each person must be law unto
himself
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

In pregnancy, Favorite Presentation :"
is "mOthcr's cordial" relieving nausea
| weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. III
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
! livery as to greatly lessen. and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufTerings
/ of that trying ordeal.
| "FaVOrite Prescription when takon
| in connection with the use of DR. Pierce'a
| Golden Medical Discovery, and small Iaxa1
! tive doses of DIR. Pierce's Pmgative peIleta
! little Liver Pills, cures Liver, Kidney and
! Bladder diseases. Their combined usS also
removes blood taints, and aholishes can.
cerous and scrofulous humoIs from the
system.
"FavOrite Prescription is the only
medicine for women sold, by DRUGGISTS
under n positive guarantee, from tho
manufacturers, that IL will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money will bp no
funded. This guarantee has been pTintcd
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car.
ricd out for many years. Large bottles
200 doses Sl.O0, or six bottles for
$500. i"h
s1S~ Send ten cents in stamps for Dr
Pierces large, illustrated Treatise dGn
pages) on Diseases of Women. WV
}. 66S Main Street, BUFFALO,, NY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
gestiOn, bloating and quotations of gas.
As a soothing and strengthening
nervine, FavOrite Prescription is I'M
equalled and is invaluable in allaying and
subdIing nervous excitability, irritability,
exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anX-
iety and dependency.
Esr. Pierce's EaVOrite Prescription
is q legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician. and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in its
effects in any condition of the system.
"FaVOrite Prescription is posi-
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate eases of leucorrhea, or whites"
excessive flowing Mt monthly periods, pain
full menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb. weak
back, female weakness" anteversion, re-
troversion, bcaring-dOwn sensations, chron-
ic congestion, inflammation and liberation
of the womb, inflammation, pain and ten
dcrness in ovaries, accompanied with in
tcrnal heat"
'STe a - q NJ
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

THE PIrTEs. Capt. johnson Sides,
an intelligent Piute Indian, says that
the idea prevalent among the whites that
the Pin es are gradually diminishing in
numbers is incorrect. The census re-
turns of 1880 show that there were ut
that time only 8, 700, but he says many
OF them were not counted, and that there
were fully 5000. He estimates the pres
ent number of the tribe at fully 5000,
and probably $500.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

A piece of oak scantling Axe was poked at q
and bit eight inches off the end with a little
bit of an effort. 1t is believed that if he had
been properly stirred up before making an
experiment he could have made slivers Of an
average saw log without straining his mus
clps
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Newcastle, Pa, has a hen of extraordinary
egg-laying ability. One day recently she layed
two good sized eggs; the day following she re-
peated the operations; on the third day she
rested and laid no eggs. but on the fourth day
she made up by LAYING three eggs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

We answer uEreservedly, yes! II the pate Mt
commences in time the use of DIR. Pierce s
Golden Med cal Discovery" and exercises
proper care. If allowed to run its course to-
long all medicine is powerless 10 stay it. DR..
Pie CO never deceives a patient by holding out
a false hope for the sake OF pecHniary gain:
1he Golden Medical Discovery has cured
seemed to avail. Your drugg st has it. Send
two stamps for DR.. Pierce s complete treatise
on consumption w tn numerous ties imonial IS.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
tion, Buffalo, n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Carl Otto Schoenrich, Captain Oriole Yacht
Club, Baltimore Md, writes: THE Club, dur
ing practice cruise, used ST. Jacobs Oil and it
cured seve- al cases of sprains and bruises"
SO d by Drus gsts and Dea ers everywhere.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

A veteran, Mr.. George McKona, Ashburn-
ham, Mass, writes: While suffering with
chronic rheumatism result of Andersonville)
| used st. Jacobs Oil which gave immediate
relief" so by Druggists and Dealers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Mrs. Nancy Britton died recently in Ger
mantown, Pa, of cancer in the face, at the
age of 80 years and months. Her husband
died eleven years ago at the age of 90. And
she leaves four children and forty grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Thousands of women bless the day on which
DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrpti M was N AIDE
known to them. In all those arrangements
causing backache, dragging down sensations,
Tervous and general debility it is a sovereign
remedy. lis soothing and healirg properties
render ii of the utmost value to ladies suffer
ing from internal fever" tongestion, inflam-
nation, liberation. BY druggists
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

THREE of the men recently convicted
OF robbIng, freight cars on the Pan
Handle kallroad have been sentenced
at Plttsburg to the penitentiary, one
beng awarded three years and the 9th
ers shorter terms. The swift punish
ment which has overtaken this bold
gang OF thieves will doubtless have a
salutary effect in securing greater
measure OF honesty among the persoua
employed III the responsible positions
OF handling freight for the railway com
panies.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
A Wonderful Machine and Oncr,

''Silotwor" is new explosive ten times the
strength of gunpowder, exploding without
smoke or noise 4 Russian invented il
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

DR.. Pierce's "Pelletts"-the original Little
Liver Pills (sugar-coated)-cures sick and bill
1ous headache, sour s.omach, and bilious a.
lacks. BY druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Green is the most conspicuous colorin spring
millinery. 1t is used in all shades and may be
combined with any color,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

To introduce them w. give away 200 Self
operating Washing Machines No labor or
washb ard. Best in the world. II you want
one. write TIE Nat onal Co., q Dey St., N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

Royal GLUE" mends anythingl Broken
China, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
PIso's REMEDY for Catarrn 10 agreeable 70
use. 1t is not a liquid a snuff 60c.

l afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
on's Eye water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

A letter from Charleston, S. c., says
Mr.. Williams was asked by Il ccsrespOn-
dent to tell the story of his transactions
with Mr.. Hand. He said:
''Our firm had been dissolved at the
outbreak of the war, but Mr.. Hand
could not Withdraw his capital. The
war found him in the North, with all
his means III the South. | made an eff
fort to remit $l0G, coo to him, b 1T it was
stopped at Atlanta by the vigilance com
mlttee, who sent IL back Co me, inform
ing me that no money could be sent
across the lines to aliens. Subsequent
ly, however. this amount was sent to
England and deposited in the Bank of
Liverpool. MIR. Hands assets were next
attached by the Confederate govern
ment. managed to get q message to
HIM III kentucky, telling him that it
was necessary for him to come South.
He agreed to do SO and started South.
When L next heard of him lie was in
prison III New Orleans on susr zion of
being spy. ut once telegraphcd to
the Governor OF Louisiana explaining
matters and vOuching for Mr.. Hands
integrity. | asked that he be sent to
Richmond, where he could be identified
by icc-President Stephens and General
TOOmbs, both of whom knew Lin. |
then, at cost CT about $3.50, 600 to my
self, re-established the old finn, restor-
ing him to copartnership in it. The
next time | heard of Mr.. Hand he was
in Augusta Jail, where he had been
locked up to save him from being mob
bed on suspicion of being a Federal spy.
[ went to Augusta, remained with him
i'll jail for twenty-four hours and finally,
after considerable cost and trouble, got
him to Richmond, Va, where he was
incarcerated fer two weeks or more in
tie Libby Prison, after which L pro-
cured his release.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16
A PLEASANT STORY.
Financial Integrity Probably With
out a Parallel in History.

Considerable interest has been felt in
a story told of mercantile integrity. 1t
seems that the story was not a romance,
but is detailed as follows:
The names of the parties to the won
derful story about the mercantile integ-
rity of a Southern gentleman who re-
Gently paid i'll New Haven the last in
stalment of debt amounting, principal
and interest, to $648, 900 are now re-
vealed. Daniel Hand, who now resides
in Guilford with his niece, Mrs William
Skinner, was the Northerner who went
to Atlanta, Ga, thirty-five or forty years
ago, established grocery business and
associated with him a bright young man
named George w. Williams, who has
proved himself the soul of honor and
integrity
When the Rebellion broke out Mr..
Hand had $500, 900 worth of real estate
which he could not dispose of, so be
turned over every dollars worth of land
to Williams. He thought the Confed-
eracy would confiscate his property if
he did not, and if he had to give it up
he preferred to see Williams get it.
When he was ready to leave the South
erners We're on the alert and clapped
him into jail. There a magistrate wait
ed on him, and to him Hand made oath
that he didn't own an inch of real estate.
but that his partner owned it. Then
they arrested Williams, and he swore
that he was the true and rightful owner,
and he intended to remain South, so
they could not interfere with Williams
property. There was suspicion of col
fusion, and both men had to remain in
prison for several weeks. Finally Hand
was released and he managed to get
North. A year or so after the partner
ship was dissolved Williams lost every
cent of his property, and he went into
the brokerage business, and to-day he is
worth, after paying the debt of honor of
$648, 900, over 100000. He made his
money in Savannah, where he now re-
sides. Mr.. Hand is about rs years of
age.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-16

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| The GREATEST
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TREATING The WRONG DISEASE.

The 'Favorite Prescription
poor suffering women"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-06-30
BLooMINepALE, IL, Sept. Is, 1882.

BL0OMlNGDALE, ILL.,, Oept. 10, 1907.
Messrs. F. j. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo, o.
Have taken Halls Catarrh Cure. Had ca
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II ~ A. Ia
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